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Mayor William J. Aiello announced that the Downtown Olean Beautification Committee has elected Danielle Eaton as chair, replacing Pat Driscoll. John B...

A two-year grant through Creatives Rebuild New York that placed two artists in residence at SUNY Jamestown Community College is near its conclusion. J...

It won’t be long before the dedicated leek hunters and diggers will start presenting recycled butter or cottage cheese containers filled with leek dip...

ANDOVER — More vendors than ever before are signed up to take part in the 49th Annual Andover Lions Club Maple Festival this coming Saturday and Sunda...

Low maintenance, beautiful flowers and plenty of varieties have made hydrangeas a favorite landscape plant. It seems you can’t visit a garden center o...

OLEAN — It’s time to make the area a little more colorful and support Genesis House. The nonprofit homeless shelter announced the 26th annual geranium...

GENEVA — As the climate changes, winter is shortening, causing vines and trees to bud earlier in the year, thereby increasing the chances they will be...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a free workshop on perennial gardening 10 to 11 a.m. April 13 at Tinkertown Hardware Store, 833 Rout...

ALFRED — The Alfred State College woodsmen team had a strong showing at their home logging sports competition held at the college farm. The Pioneers o...

SALAMANCA — Despite snow on the ground in recent days, a special education classroom at Seneca Intermediate School has already begun growing a garden....

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Cannabis Control Board voted Friday to waive licensing fees for the next two years for New York’s 279 cultivators, many of wh...

OLEAN — The Olean First Baptist Senior Choir will present the musical “Cornerstone” during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Palm Sunday. This musical ...

New York state's annual ban prohibiting open burning starts Saturday and lasts throughMay 14 to prevent wildfires and protect communities during heigh...

Many Cattaraugus County maple producers are participating in New York’s Maple Weekend on Saturday and Sunday and again the following weekend. Maple pr...

ELLICOTTVILLE — To commemorate the solar eclipse on April 8, the Nannen Arboretum at 28 Parkside Drive will host a public watch party at the arboretum...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host an upcoming workshop, Grow Your Own Asparagus and Rhubarb, set for 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. March 23 at Ti...

MACHIAS — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County will host Chainsaw Safety Certification courses from Game of Logging on May 29-30 at the...

In the last column I wrote about a Wilson’s snipe that has been overwintering on my property , which is unusual because they generally spend the winte...